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Social Studies Curriculum

Curriculum Objectives KIDLINK Activities
  • latitude and longitude
  • time zones
  • use of maps and globes
  • geographic features
  • ecosystems
Better than book knowledge KIDLINK offers contacts in many countries and time zones for real world meanings. Students typically introduce themselves as a class and identify locations and time zones. Sample projects where this is done:

KIDLINK in the classroom:

  • world cultures
  • holidays and festivals
  • historical perspectives and figures
  • time lines
  • alternative systems of recording time
  • economic interdependence
  • distribution of resources

KIDLINK in the Classroom:

  • current events
  • civics

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